Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wasn't defiant. But he made his point clear when he questioned why the offense seems to go away from him for stretches late in games.

The latest example for O'Neal came in Friday's 95-85 loss to the Celtics, when O'Neal made 6 of 7 shots from the field and finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds. But it was the fourth time in 15 games O'Neal attempted fewer than 10 shots.

He said the team is too reliant on jump shots at times.

"I only had the chance to take seven shots and I hit six of them -- it was a jump-shot game for us," O'Neal said.